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Ministry overview | |
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Dissolved | 5 July 2016 |
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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex,Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 |
Website | meity |
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology was an Indian government ministry. It was bifurcated into Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in July 2016. It contained three departments viz. Department of Telecommunications, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY, now Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) and Department of Posts.[ citation needed ]
The following cadre controlling authority of the Civil Services (including Indian Telecommunication Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Radio Regulatory Service, Telegraph Traffic Service, Indian Post & Telegraph Building Works Services and Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service) are under the administration and supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.[ citation needed ]
Following is the list of ministers of communications. [1]
# | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Party | |||
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1 | Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | 15 August 1947 | 2 August 1951 | 3 years, 352 days | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | Amrit Kaur | 2 August 1951 | 13 May 1952 | 285 days | ||||
3 | Jagjivan Ram | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | 4 years, 208 days | ||||
4 | Raj Bahadur | 7 December 1956 | 17 April 1957 | 131 days | ||||
5 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 17 April 1957 | 28 March 1958 | 345 days | ||||
6 | S. K. Patil | 29 March 1958 | 24 August 1959 | 1 year, 148 days | ||||
7 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 25 August 1959 | 2 September 1959 | 8 days | ||||
8 | P. Subbarayan | 2 September 1959 | 9 April 1962 | 2 years, 219 days | ||||
(3) | Jagjivan Ram | 10 April 1962 | 31 August 1963 | 1 year, 144 days | ||||
9 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 1 September 1963 | 13 June 1964 | 286 days | ||||
Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||||
10 | – | Satya Narayan Sinha | 13 June 1964 | 12 March 1967 | 2 years, 272 days | |||
Indira Gandhi | ||||||||
11 | Ram Subhag Singh | 13 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | 1 year, 338 days | ||||
(10) | – | Satya Narayan Sinha | 14 February 1969 | 8 March 1971 | 2 years, 22 days | |||
12 | Indira Gandhi | 9 March 1971 | 17 March 1971 | 8 days | ||||
13 | – | Sher Singh | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | |||
14 | Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna | 2 May 1971 | 8 November 1973 | 2 years, 190 days | ||||
(4) | Raj Bahadur | 8 November 1973 | 11 January 1974 | 64 days | ||||
15 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | 11 January 1974 | 10 October 1974 | 272 days | ||||
16 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 2 years, 165 days | ||||
17 | Morarji Desai | 24 March 1977 | 26 March 1977 | 2 days | Morarji Desai | Janata Party | ||
18 | Parkash Singh Badal | 26 March 1977 | 27 March 1977 | 2 days | Shiromani Akali Dal | |||
19 | George Fernandes | 28 March 1977 | 6 July 1977 | 100 days | Janata Party | |||
20 | – | Brij Lal Varma | 6 July 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 2 years, 22 days | |||
21 | Charan Singh | 28 July 1979 | 30 July 1979 | 2 days | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
22 | – | Zulfiquarullah (I/C) | 30 July 1979 | 27 November 1979 | 120 days | |||
(21) | Charan Singh | 27 November 1979 | 7 December 1979 | 10 days | ||||
23 | – | Shyam Nandan Mishra | 7 December 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 38 days | |||
(12) | Indira Gandhi | 15 January 1980 | 16 January 1980 | 1 day | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress | ||
24 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 16 January 1980 | 3 March 1980 | 47 days | ||||
25 | – | C. M. Stephen | 3 March 1980 | 2 September 1982 | 2 years, 183 days | |||
26 | Anant Prasad Sharma | 2 September 1982 | 14 February 1983 | 165 days | ||||
(12) | Indira Gandhi | 14 February 1983 | 31 October 1984 | 1 year, 260 days | ||||
27 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 | 4 November 1984 | 4 days | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
28 | – | V. N. Gadgil | 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 57 days | |||
29 | Ram Niwas Mirdha (I/C) | 31 December 1984 | 22 October 1986 | 1 year, 295 days | ||||
30 | 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | 1 year, 115 days | |||||
31 | – | Vasant Sathe | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | 132 days | |||
32 | – | Bir Bahadur Singh | 25 June 1988 | 30 May 1989 | 339 days | |||
(27) | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 May 1989 | 4 July 1989 | 34 days | ||||
33 | Giridhar Gamang (I/C) | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | 151 days | ||||
34 | V. P. Singh | 2 December 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 4 days | V. P. Singh | Janata Dal | ||
35 | – | K.P. Unnikrishnan | 6 December 1989 | 23 April 1990 | 138 days | Congress (Secular) | ||
36 | – | Janeshwar Mishra (I/C) | 30 April 1990 | 5 November 1990 | 189 days | Janata Dal | ||
(34) | V. P. Singh | 6 November 1990 | 10 November 1990 | 4 days | ||||
37 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 21 November 1990 | 11 days | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party | ||
38 | Sanjay Singh (I/C) | 22 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 211 days | ||||
39 | Rajesh Pilot (I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | 1 year, 210 days | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | ||
40 | – | Sukh Ram (I/C) | 17 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | 3 years, 120 days | |||
41 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
42 | Beni Prasad Verma ((I/C till 10 July 1996) | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 291 days | Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | Samajwadi Party | ||
(41) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March 1998 | 21 March 1998 | 2 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
43 | Buta Singh | 21 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 | 11 days | ||||
(41) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 April 1998 | 20 April 1998 | 1 day | ||||
44 | Sushma Swaraj | 20 April 1998 | 11 October 1998 | 174 days | ||||
(41) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 11 October 1998 | 6 December 1998 | 56 days | ||||
45 | Jagmohan | 6 December 1998 | 8 June 1999 | 184 days | ||||
(41) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 8 June 1999 | 13 October 1999 | 127 days | ||||
46 | Ram Vilas Paswan | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | 1 year, 323 days | Janata Dal (United) | |||
47 | Pramod Mahajan | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
48 | Arun Shourie | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | ||||
49 | Dayanidhi Maran | 23 May 2004 | 15 May 2007 | 2 years, 357 days | Manmohan Singh | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
50 | A. Raja | 16 May 2007 | 14 November 2010 | 3 years, 182 days | ||||
51 | Manmohan Singh | 15 November 2010 | 19 January 2011 | 65 days | Indian National Congress | |||
52 | Kapil Sibal | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 3 years, 127 days | ||||
53 | Ravi Shankar Prasad | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 40 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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